Brownwood: "Religious Extremists" Under Attack !
Why is it when " Hatefuls Christians " ( only by their own words and on-air observation - not in private ! ) like James Williamson are challenged they immediately go into the victim stance and cry out that they are under attack ? They call folks "Cockroaches" and then deny it when they are challenged on it ! Also, it's ok for them to criticize the Bush Administration, but they refer to other folks (Moderate Republicans, Independents, & Democrats) who criticize the very same administration and policies as "Liberals, Communists & Socialists" (Bill from Abilene and Dr Dunn from Brownwood love to employ this tactic !) There are all kinds of " Christians " just like there are all kinds of " Muslims ". Religious extremists (even in our own backyard !) should not be surprised when their hate, ideas and beliefs are challenged & exposed ! After all it took over 100 years to free blacks from slavery by "Religious Extremists" in the South and to pass civil rights legislation of which Bible quoting " Religious extremists " always had a justification for their behaviour ! Using the Bible to abuse people (usually the minority population) is not a new tactic (look at the current treatment of Iraqi Christians since our invasion).
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Many Religious Right activists have attempted to rewrite history by asserting that the United States government derived from Christian foundations, that our Founding Fathers originally aimed for a Christian nation. This idea simply does not hold to the historical evidence.
Of course many Americans did practice Christianity, but so also did many believe in deistic philosophy. Indeed, most of our influential Founding Fathers, although they respected the rights of other religionists, held to deism and Freemasonry tenets rather than to Christianity.
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